needleworkern.
/ˈniːdlwəːkə/, U.S. /ˈnid(ə)lˌwərkər/ A person who works with the needle; spec. an embroiderer.
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1611 Bible (King James) Exod. xxxvi. 37 (margin) The work of a needle worker or embroiderer.
1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty xii. 97 The nicest needle-workers are taught to weave it into every flower and leaf.
1865 Christian Remembrancer Apr. 347 More fixity of purpose than the lower class of needle~workers are equal to.
1898 Woman's Signal 23 June 387/1 Governesses, needleworkers, or secretaries.
1914 E. P. Stewart Lett. Woman Homesteader x Mrs. O'Shaughnessy is the daintiest needleworker I have ever seen.
1973 Hansard (Barbados) 20 Mar. 2164 When one of the garment factories opened.., a lady..told me that she had been a needle worker for about ten years.
2001 Piecework May–June 28 Though virtually unknown among needleworkers today, variations of the technique have been practiced for centuries.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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